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Velma (Whitmer) Shipp

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Title

Velma (Whitmer) Shipp

Subject

Shipp, Velma Vinnie Whitmer (1926-2005)

Description

Velma Vinnie (Whitmer) Shipp as a young woman seated on a bench.

Velma was born in Jerome, the daughter of Jess Howard (1906-1956) and Hannah Margaret (Barbe) (1905-1990) Whitmer.

She married Garrett Lee Shipp (1920-1982) in 1950. At that time, Velma worked as a waitress and her new husband was a mechanic. They both lived in Woodstock.

Later on, Velma worked at the IGA in Woodstock. The couple had at least two daughters, Brenda and Wanda Shipp.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Oct 1946".

Contributor

Identified in 2011 by Phyllis Wright, the subject's friend and neighbor.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Velma (Whitmer) Shipp appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 018155, 024826, and 024828.

Identifier

024826

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Velma (Whitmer) Shipp,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 8, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/54473.

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